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#1

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
― George Washington

tags: freedom, freedom-of-speech

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#2

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
― George Washington

tags: confession, excuses, honesty, lies, lying, truth

2525 likes

#3

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
― George Washington

tags: character, honor, reputation

1034 likes

#4

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss ... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: leader-boss

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#5

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.”
― John F. Kennedy

tags: endurance, ideas, inspirational

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#6

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. ”
― john f kennedy

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#7

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
― Thomas Jefferson

tags: friendships

90 likes

#8

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” —Groucho Marx”
― David Oliver, No Mopes Allowed: A Small Town Police Chief Rants and Babbles about Hugs and High Fives, Meth Busts, Internet Celebrity, and Other Adventures . . .

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#9

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
― George Washington

tags: 1st-u-s-president

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#10

“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
― Teddy Roosevelt

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#11

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation. ”
― George Washington

436 likes

#12

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: hmmm

6880 likes

#13

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

tags: secrets

3582 likes

#14

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin

tags: freedom, liberty, privacy, safety, security

3376 likes

#15

“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
― Ben Franklin

tags: inspirational, proverb

710 likes

#16

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: enterprise, self-determination

612 likes

#17

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: remaining-silent, speaking, tact

528 likes

#18

“...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D ...: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects ...

tags: 1789, certainty, taxes

243 likes

#19

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
― Benjamin Franklin

112 likes

#20

“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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#21

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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#22

“Write to Please Yourself.
When You write to Please Others
You end up Pleasing No one.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: benjamin-franklin, eternal-youth-empire

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